Wheel-spoke-repair means



R. A. STOUTE, DECD. 1. s. c. wARugND A. L. P. sTouTE. ExEcuToRs. WHEEL SPOKE REPAIR MEANS.

1,350,528. APPICATION FILED MAR. 22, i918. Patented Aug. 24

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE..

RICHARD A. STOUTE, OF BRANKSMERE, BARBADOS, BRITISH XVEST INDIES; JABEZ GRIFFITH CORBIN WARD AND ARTHUR LAURIE PARKINSON STOUTE, EXECU- TORS OF SAID RICHARD A. STOUTE, DECEASED.

WHEEL-SPOKEeREPAIR MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang'. 24, 1920.

Application filed March 22, 1918` Serial No. 224 041.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD A. SToUTn, a subject ot Great Britain, residing at Branksmere, Barbados, British lVest Indies, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Wheel-Spoke-Repair Means; and I do hereby declare the following to be a tull, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and usetul improvements in means tor securing spokes ot vehicle wheels in place. Y

It is the object ot this invention to provide a means tor inserting a spoke in a vehicle, or tor repairing a broken spoke, without necessitating the disassembly ot the wheel.

It is more particularly an object to provide a coupling tor connection with the hub and telly ends ot a spoke, which is extensible so as to procure a proper tight engagement ot the spoke ends in their respective sockets.

inasmuch as breakage ot a spoke is likely to occur immediately adjacent the telly whereby no projecting spoke portion is available tor attachment ot a coupling, it is a turther object ot this invention to provide a means tor securing an outer spoke section to the telly in such manner that it may be connected with a coupling to provide an etticient repair tor this type ot breakage.

lilith the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more j )articularly in the novel combination, tormation and arrangement ot parts hereinatter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is an elevational view ot a pori tion ot a wheel showing the improved repair means.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view ot the improved coupling.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view there through on the line 33 ot Fig. 2.

Fig. 4; is an elevational view ot the Outer portion ot a repaired spoke and showing the repair means tor attaching the spoke to the telly.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View ot the telly attaching repair member.

F ig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6 6 ot Fig. et.

Reterring now more particularly to the drawings, 5 and 6 designate respectively the hub and telly ot an ordinary vehicle wheel. My coupling is applicable tor repairing a spoke which has been intermediately broken, or tor replacing it in the event that no part thereof is adapted tor turther use in the wheel. In either case, there is utilized tor repair inner and oute spoke sections 7 and 8 respectively engaged in the usual sockets 9 and l0 ot the hub and telly, and the adjacent ends ot these spokes are reduced, forming tenons and seating shoulders tor an extensible coupling. These spoke scctions may be cut trom a new spoke or trom an intermediately broken spoke.

The coupling comprises a central tubular member or pipe section il, which is compressed at its central portion to torm tlat *rench taces lla. Threaded into the ends ot this member are tubular socket members 12 whose outer ends are adapted to receive the tenons at the ends ot the spoke sections 7 and 8 and to seat against'v the shoulders ther-cot. The coupling thus constitutes, in effect, a turn buckle.

' In making the repair, the spoke sections are inserted in their respective hub and telly sockets, the socket members ot the coupling retracted within the central member whereby its length is less than the distance between the spoke sections, and the coupling is placed between the spoke sections and expanded to engage the adjacent spoke ends in the socket members, turt-her expanding movement serving to wedge the spoke sections in the hub and telly sockets. i proper tight securement ot a spoke within a vehicle wheel may thus bc procured without disassembling the wheel to any extent. To hold the socket members ot the coupling against retractile movement to permit a looseness ot the spoke, thumb screws 1Q are threaded in the ends ot the central member tor binding engagement with the socket members.

In the event that the spoke should be )roken ott at the telly, and no outer spoke section be available tor repair, I provide a telly attaching socket member 3 which is termed with longitudinally extending spurs lt at one end adapted to he driven into the Voi a knife and an ordinary wrench for tightening the central member or the coupling,

and by a person not necessarily skilled in wheelwright work. It 1s, however, noted thatv the compact and strong nature oi Ythe repaired structure renders my device Vpractical for permanent repairs.

What is claimed is,

l. A device for repairing wheel spokes comprising a central member composed of a pipe section compressed between its ends to forni wrench faces, spoke receiving` socket members threadedly engaged in the ends of said pipe section, and means for holding said socket members against movement relative to the central pipe section.

2. A device for repairing spokes comprising va socket member having longitudinal spurs at one end for engagement in the felly of a wheel, in combination with an expansible coupling having sockets in its ends, one of which receives a spoke section leading to the wheel hub vand the other of which and said socket member receive another spoke section,

3. An emergency spoke element for wheels comprising a spoke section adapted at one end to entera socket in the hub and having a reduced tenon at its outer end, a socket member having spurs adapted to enter the telly, a second Yspoke section having tenons at its extremities whereof one engages said socket member, and an expansible coupling composed of a central member threaded at both ends and end members screwed onto the central member and having sockets in their outer ends receiving the tenons of sa i spoke sections.V

ln testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD ii. sroUrE.

Witnesses LOUISE BOWEN, MATILDA CHANDLER. 

